Anthony Pepe leads qualifying in PBA Xtra Frame South Point Las Vegas Open
10/22/15
Anthony Pepe (pictured left) of Elmhurst, N.Y., who won his first PBA title in the new South Point Bowling Plaza, continued his run of high-quality bowling in the Plaza Wednesday, averaging 240 to claim the lead after qualifying in the PBA Xtra Frame South Point Las Vegas Open.
Pepe, who won the 2014 PBA Cheetah Championship in his national television debut last fall, led the field by 41 pins after the first eight games and finished qualifying with a 16-game total of 3,843 pins and a 138-pin lead over Kris Prather (right) of Milton, Fla., who had 3,705 pins.
Patrick Girard (left) of Canada was third with a 3,603 total, followed by Aaron Lorincz (right) of Saginaw, Mich., at 3,598 and Parker Bohn IIIof Jackson, N.J., and Ryan Ciminelli of Cheektowaga, N.Y., who were tied for fifth place with 3,571 pins.
Prather, Girard and Lorincz are trying for their first PBA Tour title. Bohn, a PBA Hall of Famer, is a 34-time champion and Ciminelli owns two titles.
"I have a lot of friends in Las Vegas who are lefthanders and they say conditions here, for some reason are conducive to our side of the lane," Pepe, a 27-year-old lefthander, said. "But that doesn't necessarily help my confidence. You still have to make good shots, and you have to match up with your ball and the condition or none of the rest of it makes any difference."
The top 16 players advanced to eight-game round-robin match play rounds Thursday at 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. PT. The top five after 32 games will advance to the stepladder finals that will be covered live of PBA's online video-streaming service, Xtra Frame, at 5:30 p.m. PT (8:30 p.m. ET).
In addition to competing for a PBA Tour title in the Las Vegas Open, players were bowling for points during qualifying toward invitations to compete in the DHC PBA Japan Invitational in Tokyo in January. The top 10 men will earn automatic invitations based on combined points earned in the Las Vegas Open and qualifying rounds of the Bowlmor AMF U.S. Open Nov. 2-8 in Garland, Texas.
One woman also will be invited to Japan. Women were awarded points in the Bowlmor AMF U.S. Women's Open, won by Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, N.Y., in early September, in addition to the Las Vegas Open.
The South Point Bowling Plaza PBA Fall Classic continues with the final rounds of the PBA Xtra Frame South Point Las Vegas Open Thursday followed by the South Point PBA West Challenge on Friday; the five-player PBA Team Challenge, Saturday and Sunday, and the PBA50 Western Open on Monday.
The entire Fall Classic is being covered live, exclusively on PBA's online video-streaming service, Xtra Frame.
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Players with position, hometown and 16-game total; top 16 advance to match play; places 17-37 show earnings; a-denotes amateur; f-denotes female; ss-denotes PBA60 player
1, Anthony Pepe, Elmhurst, N.Y., 3,843
2, Kristopher Prather, Milton, Fla., 3,705
3, Patrick Girard, Canada, 3,603
4, Aaron Lorincz, Saginaw, Mich., 3,598
5 (tie), Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., and Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 3,571
7, Matt McNiel, Prior Lake, Minn., 3,562
8, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 3,559
9 (tie), Jason Belmonte, Australia, and Tom Daugherty, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 3,549
11, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 3,531
12, E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 3,506
13, a-Oscar Rodriguez, Colombia, 3,476
14, Bill O'Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 3,469
15, f-Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 3,452
16, Sam Cooley, Australia, 3,448
Missed Cut:
17, Scott Norton, Mission Viejo, Calif., 3,446, $800
18 (tie), Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., and Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 3,439, $755
20, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 3,437, $710
21, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 3,436, $680
22, f-Danielle McEwan, Stony Point, N.Y., 3,426, $650
23, Gary Faulkner Jr., Memphis, Tenn., 3,424, $620
24, Shawn Maldonado, Houston, 3,422, $600
25, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 3,420, $600
26 (tie), Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., and B.J. Moore III, Apex, N.C., 3,419, $550
28, Steven Villanueva, North Las Vegas, Nev., 3,415, $550
29, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 3,414, $550
30, Mike DeVaney, Winchester, Calif., 3,408, $550
31, Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 3,403, $550
32, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 3,401, $500
33, Chris Arcaro, Wilmington, N.C., 3,391, $500
34, f-Missy Parkin, Laguna Hills, Calif., 3,388, $500
35, Jake Peters, Henderson, Nev., 3,386, $500
36, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 3,383, $500
37, Patrick Allen, Mount Kisco, N.Y., 3,382, $500
38, Anthony Simonsen, Princeton, Texas, 3,367
39, Dom Barrett, England, 3,366
40, a-Andrew Anderson, Holly, Mich., 3,360
41 (tie), Jakob Butturff, Chandler, Ariz., and J.R. Raymond, Bay City, Mich., 3,359
43, Anthony Lavery-Spahr, Pasadena, Texas, 3,358
44, Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 3,356
45, Jesse Buss, Belvidere, Ill., 3,354
46, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 3,346
47, a-Anthony Santos, LaPuente, Calif., 3,341
48, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 3,337
49, a-Jimmy Cook, Indianapolis, 3,335
50, Jason Sterner, Covington, Ga., 3,334
51, Brian Himmler, Cincinnati, 3,326
52, D.J. Archer, Friendswood, Texas, 3,320
53, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 3,318
54, Stuart Williams, England, 3,316
55, Dino Castillo, Highland Village, Texas, 3,306
56, f-Liz Kuhlkin, Rotterdam, N.Y., 3,299
57 (tie), Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., and Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 3,286
59, Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 3,281
60, David Haynes, Las Vegas, 3,274
61, Daniel Miyamoto, Mililani, Hawaii, 3,268
62, Eric Cornog, Cherry Hill, N.J., 3,257
63, Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 3,255
64 (tie), Matthew O'Grady, Matawan, N.J., and Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 3,252
66, Michael Haugen Jr., Phoenix, 3,243
67, Ronnie Sparks Jr., Ecorse, Mich., 3,241
68, Josh Blanchard, Mesa, Ariz., 3,235
69 (tie), John Szczerbinski, N. Tonawanda, N.Y., and Jon VanHees, Charlestown, R.I., 3,224
71, Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 3,222
72 (tie), Brett Spangler, Niles, Ohio, and Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 3,217
74, Randy Weiss, Columbia, S.C., 3,213
75, Lee Vanderhoef, Canton, Ga., 3,209
76, Dave Wodka, Beavercreek, Ohio, 3,207
77, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 3,205
78, Chad Lusche, Parker, Colo., 3,191
79, Paul Bajorski, West Babylon, N.Y., 3,184
80, Lanndyn Carnate, Glendale, Ariz., 3,180
81, Alex Cavagnaro, Massapequa, N.Y., 3,178
82, Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 3,177
83 (tie), Devin Bidwell, Wichita, Kan., and A.J. Johnson, Oswego, Ill., 3,169
85, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 3,164
86, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 3,155
87, a-Michael Hartter, Henderson, Nev., 3,146
88, Steven Black, Maricopa, Ariz., 3,138
89, J.T. "Action" Jackson, Sherman Oaks, Calif., 3,132
90, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 3,127
91, Jaime Monroy, Colombia, 3,121
92, Jaime Gonzalez, Colombia, 3,104
93, Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., 3,101
94, Andrew Graff, Las Vegas, 3,096
95, a-Benjamin Canfield, San Diego, 3,088
96, Doug Kempt, Arcadia, Calif., 3,043
97, a-Ari Wilson, Henderson, Nev., 3,032
98, ss-Kerry Fulford, Ft. Worth, Texas, 2,981
99, ss-William Keenan Jr., Orlando, Fla., 2,979
100 (tie), ss-Bill Hewlett, Eagle, Idaho, and ss-Ray Cobb, Highland, Calif., 2,978
102, Lamont Hanna, Salt Lake City, 2,912
103, a-Matthew Kushner, Santa Clarita, 2,886
104, Bobby Westbrook, Nuevo, Calif., 2,743
105, Mitchell Caldwell, Canyon Country, Calif., 2,591
106, a-Brandon Love, Las Vegas, 2,857
107, Gary Haines, West Babylon, N.Y., 2,799
Withdrew: Connor Pickford, Charlotte, N.C.; Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla.; ss-Tom Baker, King, N.C.; a-Mathew Vierra, Walnut Creek, Calif., and Robert Smith, Ventura, Calif.
300 Games (2) - Shawn Maldonado, Sean Rash.
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First PBA titlist at South Point Bowling Plaza leads the top 16 players into two eight-game round-robin match play rounds Thursday
Anthony Pepe (pictured left) of Elmhurst, N.Y., who won his first PBA title in the new South Point Bowling Plaza, continued his run of high-quality bowling in the Plaza Wednesday, averaging 240 to claim the lead after qualifying in the PBA Xtra Frame South Point Las Vegas Open.Pepe, who won the 2014 PBA Cheetah Championship in his national television debut last fall, led the field by 41 pins after the first eight games and finished qualifying with a 16-game total of 3,843 pins and a 138-pin lead over Kris Prather (right) of Milton, Fla., who had 3,705 pins.
Patrick Girard (left) of Canada was third with a 3,603 total, followed by Aaron Lorincz (right) of Saginaw, Mich., at 3,598 and Parker Bohn IIIof Jackson, N.J., and Ryan Ciminelli of Cheektowaga, N.Y., who were tied for fifth place with 3,571 pins.Prather, Girard and Lorincz are trying for their first PBA Tour title. Bohn, a PBA Hall of Famer, is a 34-time champion and Ciminelli owns two titles.
"I have a lot of friends in Las Vegas who are lefthanders and they say conditions here, for some reason are conducive to our side of the lane," Pepe, a 27-year-old lefthander, said. "But that doesn't necessarily help my confidence. You still have to make good shots, and you have to match up with your ball and the condition or none of the rest of it makes any difference."
The top 16 players advanced to eight-game round-robin match play rounds Thursday at 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. PT. The top five after 32 games will advance to the stepladder finals that will be covered live of PBA's online video-streaming service, Xtra Frame, at 5:30 p.m. PT (8:30 p.m. ET).
In addition to competing for a PBA Tour title in the Las Vegas Open, players were bowling for points during qualifying toward invitations to compete in the DHC PBA Japan Invitational in Tokyo in January. The top 10 men will earn automatic invitations based on combined points earned in the Las Vegas Open and qualifying rounds of the Bowlmor AMF U.S. Open Nov. 2-8 in Garland, Texas.
One woman also will be invited to Japan. Women were awarded points in the Bowlmor AMF U.S. Women's Open, won by Liz Johnson of Cheektowaga, N.Y., in early September, in addition to the Las Vegas Open.
The South Point Bowling Plaza PBA Fall Classic continues with the final rounds of the PBA Xtra Frame South Point Las Vegas Open Thursday followed by the South Point PBA West Challenge on Friday; the five-player PBA Team Challenge, Saturday and Sunday, and the PBA50 Western Open on Monday.
The entire Fall Classic is being covered live, exclusively on PBA's online video-streaming service, Xtra Frame.
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PBA Xtra Frame South Point Las Vegas Open - Final Qualifying Standings
Players with position, hometown and 16-game total; top 16 advance to match play; places 17-37 show earnings; a-denotes amateur; f-denotes female; ss-denotes PBA60 player
1, Anthony Pepe, Elmhurst, N.Y., 3,843
2, Kristopher Prather, Milton, Fla., 3,705
3, Patrick Girard, Canada, 3,603
4, Aaron Lorincz, Saginaw, Mich., 3,598
5 (tie), Parker Bohn III, Jackson, N.J., and Ryan Ciminelli, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 3,571
7, Matt McNiel, Prior Lake, Minn., 3,562
8, Lonnie Waliczek, Wichita, Kan., 3,559
9 (tie), Jason Belmonte, Australia, and Tom Daugherty, Wesley Chapel, Fla., 3,549
11, Sean Rash, Montgomery, Ill., 3,531
12, E.J. Tackett, Huntington, Ind., 3,506
13, a-Oscar Rodriguez, Colombia, 3,476
14, Bill O'Neill, Langhorne, Pa., 3,469
15, f-Liz Johnson, Cheektowaga, N.Y., 3,452
16, Sam Cooley, Australia, 3,448
Missed Cut:
17, Scott Norton, Mission Viejo, Calif., 3,446, $800
18 (tie), Bryon Smith, Roseburg, Ore., and Dick Allen, Columbia, S.C., 3,439, $755
20, Martin Larsen, Sweden, 3,437, $710
21, Walter Ray Williams Jr., Oxford, Fla., 3,436, $680
22, f-Danielle McEwan, Stony Point, N.Y., 3,426, $650
23, Gary Faulkner Jr., Memphis, Tenn., 3,424, $620
24, Shawn Maldonado, Houston, 3,422, $600
25, Andrew Cain, Phoenix, 3,420, $600
26 (tie), Norm Duke, Clermont, Fla., and B.J. Moore III, Apex, N.C., 3,419, $550
28, Steven Villanueva, North Las Vegas, Nev., 3,415, $550
29, Ronnie Russell, Marion, Ind., 3,414, $550
30, Mike DeVaney, Winchester, Calif., 3,408, $550
31, Ildemaro Ruiz, Venezuela, 3,403, $550
32, Tommy Jones, Simpsonville, S.C., 3,401, $500
33, Chris Arcaro, Wilmington, N.C., 3,391, $500
34, f-Missy Parkin, Laguna Hills, Calif., 3,388, $500
35, Jake Peters, Henderson, Nev., 3,386, $500
36, Ryan Shafer, Horseheads, N.Y., 3,383, $500
37, Patrick Allen, Mount Kisco, N.Y., 3,382, $500
38, Anthony Simonsen, Princeton, Texas, 3,367
39, Dom Barrett, England, 3,366
40, a-Andrew Anderson, Holly, Mich., 3,360
41 (tie), Jakob Butturff, Chandler, Ariz., and J.R. Raymond, Bay City, Mich., 3,359
43, Anthony Lavery-Spahr, Pasadena, Texas, 3,358
44, Manuel Otalora, Colombia, 3,356
45, Jesse Buss, Belvidere, Ill., 3,354
46, Chris Loschetter, Avon, Ohio, 3,346
47, a-Anthony Santos, LaPuente, Calif., 3,341
48, Andres Gomez, Colombia, 3,337
49, a-Jimmy Cook, Indianapolis, 3,335
50, Jason Sterner, Covington, Ga., 3,334
51, Brian Himmler, Cincinnati, 3,326
52, D.J. Archer, Friendswood, Texas, 3,320
53, Nathan Bohr, Wichita, Kan., 3,318
54, Stuart Williams, England, 3,316
55, Dino Castillo, Highland Village, Texas, 3,306
56, f-Liz Kuhlkin, Rotterdam, N.Y., 3,299
57 (tie), Marshall Kent, Yakima, Wash., and Mike Wolfe, New Albany, Ind., 3,286
59, Kyle Troup, Taylorsville, N.C., 3,281
60, David Haynes, Las Vegas, 3,274
61, Daniel Miyamoto, Mililani, Hawaii, 3,268
62, Eric Cornog, Cherry Hill, N.J., 3,257
63, Tom Hess, Urbandale, Iowa, 3,255
64 (tie), Matthew O'Grady, Matawan, N.J., and Amleto Monacelli, Venezuela, 3,252
66, Michael Haugen Jr., Phoenix, 3,243
67, Ronnie Sparks Jr., Ecorse, Mich., 3,241
68, Josh Blanchard, Mesa, Ariz., 3,235
69 (tie), John Szczerbinski, N. Tonawanda, N.Y., and Jon VanHees, Charlestown, R.I., 3,224
71, Thomas Larsen, Denmark, 3,222
72 (tie), Brett Spangler, Niles, Ohio, and Wes Malott, Pflugerville, Texas, 3,217
74, Randy Weiss, Columbia, S.C., 3,213
75, Lee Vanderhoef, Canton, Ga., 3,209
76, Dave Wodka, Beavercreek, Ohio, 3,207
77, Tom Smallwood, Saginaw, Mich., 3,205
78, Chad Lusche, Parker, Colo., 3,191
79, Paul Bajorski, West Babylon, N.Y., 3,184
80, Lanndyn Carnate, Glendale, Ariz., 3,180
81, Alex Cavagnaro, Massapequa, N.Y., 3,178
82, Johnathan Bower, Middletown, Pa., 3,177
83 (tie), Devin Bidwell, Wichita, Kan., and A.J. Johnson, Oswego, Ill., 3,169
85, Osku Palermaa, Finland, 3,164
86, Chris Warren, Grants Pass, Ore., 3,155
87, a-Michael Hartter, Henderson, Nev., 3,146
88, Steven Black, Maricopa, Ariz., 3,138
89, J.T. "Action" Jackson, Sherman Oaks, Calif., 3,132
90, Scott Newell, Deland, Fla., 3,127
91, Jaime Monroy, Colombia, 3,121
92, Jaime Gonzalez, Colombia, 3,104
93, Darryl Bower, Middletown, Pa., 3,101
94, Andrew Graff, Las Vegas, 3,096
95, a-Benjamin Canfield, San Diego, 3,088
96, Doug Kempt, Arcadia, Calif., 3,043
97, a-Ari Wilson, Henderson, Nev., 3,032
98, ss-Kerry Fulford, Ft. Worth, Texas, 2,981
99, ss-William Keenan Jr., Orlando, Fla., 2,979
100 (tie), ss-Bill Hewlett, Eagle, Idaho, and ss-Ray Cobb, Highland, Calif., 2,978
102, Lamont Hanna, Salt Lake City, 2,912
103, a-Matthew Kushner, Santa Clarita, 2,886
104, Bobby Westbrook, Nuevo, Calif., 2,743
105, Mitchell Caldwell, Canyon Country, Calif., 2,591
106, a-Brandon Love, Las Vegas, 2,857
107, Gary Haines, West Babylon, N.Y., 2,799
Withdrew: Connor Pickford, Charlotte, N.C.; Mike Edwards, Tulsa, Okla.; ss-Tom Baker, King, N.C.; a-Mathew Vierra, Walnut Creek, Calif., and Robert Smith, Ventura, Calif.
300 Games (2) - Shawn Maldonado, Sean Rash.
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